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De Houtwiel Nature Reserve
De Houtwiel Nature Reserve
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Vakantiehuis De Keet
Vakantiehuis De Keet
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Workum (Warkum)
Workum (Warkum)
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Accommodatie Claercamp
Accommodatie Claercamp
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Artwork Maarten van der Weijden
Artwork Maarten van der Weijden
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Hotel Café 't Dûke Lûk
Hotel Café 't Dûke Lûk
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Timpelsteed
Timpelsteed
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Farm next to the church
Farm next to the church
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Skiedingsboskje Forest and Pingos next to the A7
Skiedingsboskje Forest and Pingos next to the A7
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Strandheem Lake and Leisure Park
Strandheem Lake and Leisure Park
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Burgum
Burgum
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Tour de Wadden
Tour de Wadden
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Paviljoen De Leyen
Paviljoen De Leyen
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Harlingen
Harlingen
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St Vitus church Wetsens
St Vitus church Wetsens
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B&B Oan't Wetter
B&B Oan't Wetter
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Bike Rental De Schreiershoek Dokkum
Bike Rental De Schreiershoek Dokkum
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(WEC) World Heritage Centre Wadden Sea
(WEC) World Heritage Centre Wadden Sea
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Thús yn Hantum
Thús yn Hantum
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Grutte Pier Brewery
Grutte Pier Brewery
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Former Courthouse
Former Courthouse
This building, now used as a shop, recalls the time when justice was administered in Kollum. It was purchased by the municipality in 1609 and has served a variety of purposes ever since. The Old Courthouse (Oude Rechthuis) played an important role during the Kollum Uprising of 1797.
The building was bought by the municipality of Kollumerland in 1609 and converted into a courthouse. It can be recognised by the statue of Lady Justice, which still watches over the street from the façade. The Rechthuis is the oldest stone building in Kollum.
Kollum was given its own courthouse because the distance between Groningen and Leeuwarden was too great to travel in a single day. The ground floor was used as an inn and even included stables for horses and cattle. To this day, the space has continued to serve a variety of purposes.
The Rechthuis played a significant role during the Kollum Uprising of 1797. In February of that year, the arrest of the Orangist supporter Abele Reitzes sparked an uprising in which a crowd stormed the courthouse in an attempt to free him. The revolt resulted in extensive damage and was harshly suppressed, with 168 people being arrested. You can learn more about these events at the statue of Jan Binnes further along this route. The prison cell in the building's basement has been preserved. From the bridge, you can still clearly see the small barred window of the former jail cell.
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Sint-Gangulfuskerk Church in Ee
Sint-Gangulfuskerk Church in Ee
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AquaZoo Leeuwarden
AquaZoo Leeuwarden
Direct boekbaar
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Michaëlkerk Anjum
Michaëlkerk Anjum
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Franeker (Frjentsjer)
Franeker (Frjentsjer)
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St Boniface Chapel
St Boniface Chapel
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Attack on the port of Oostmahorn
Attack on the port of Oostmahorn
The liberation of the north-eastern part of Friesland was not achieved without a struggle. The Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (NBS) and Canadian troops fought fierce battles, partly side by side. It was mainly occupiers fleeing in panic who caused fights and shootings that claimed victims on both sides. A fierce battle was also fought over the port of Oostmahorn.
After the liberation of Dokkum, Kollum and Dokkumer Nieuwe Zijlen, the attention of the Canadian troops turned to the port of Oostmahorn. It was the gateway to the island of Schiermonnikoog, which was part of the German defence line, the Atlantic Wall. This bulwark ran along the coasts of France to Norway. During the war, and extensive occupying force was stationed on the Wadden Island.
The village of Oostmahorn was "relieved" by the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (NBS) on Saturday, 14 April, after the German Grenzschutz (border control) left in silence for Schiermonnikoog. Meanwhile, a group of more than a hundred fleeing SS and SD men and a dozen women crossed the Lauwerszee from Groningen near Zoutkamp with three boats to the island. A number of them were high-ranking SD members of the infamous Scholtenhuis in Groningen. When the NBS saw them sailing past from the port of Oostmahorn, shots were fired back and forth.
The German occupying forces on Schiermonnikoog then wanted to take revenge. The village and the port of Oostmahorn were attacked from the island for two hours on Monday, 16 April. A convoy of three Dutch boats left for the port with the aim of landing there. Meanwhile, the help of the B-Squadron of the Royal Canadian Dragoons (1st Armoured Carrier Regiment) in Dokkum had been called in. The attack was narrowly repelled, but two Canadian soldiers from a reconnaissance group were killed. A defence line of foxholes and armoured vehicles was erected around the village.
Further reinforcements were called in that day from Leeuwarden, where C Company of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders were sent to the coastal strip to patrol for German landing attempts.
After a brief but heavy shelling from the Canadians as a warning, a mediator was sent to the island the next day. The highest-ranking SD officer refused to surrender. They were waiting for an escape with a Schnell boat that was to take them to the German Wadden island of Borkum on 3 May. That turned out to be in vain, but in the meantime they kept the island occupied, even after the general capitulation of the whole of the Netherlands on 5 May.It was not until 11 June that two boats, the MS Waddenzee and the MS Brakzand, transported the last occupiers of Schiermonnikoog to the port of Oostmahorn. A column of army trucks packed with prisoners of war left the port under the guard of the Allies. From there they went to the POW camp in Beerta (Groningen).
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Waddenzee-Expedities
Waddenzee-Expedities
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The Tea Factory
The Tea Factory
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Village Garden Snakkerburen
Village Garden Snakkerburen
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Boerderijwinkel Bezigh (Farm Shop)
Boerderijwinkel Bezigh (Farm Shop)
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The Waterpoort and the Eleven Cities Tour
The Waterpoort and the Eleven Cities Tour
